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2010-01-17 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by gorb 2010-01-17 01:55|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Haiti is a far more difficult disaster management event than Katrina was. MOST Katrina victims had evacuated and were not in danger, and were where basic essentials could be readily provided. Certainly thousands - a few tens of thousands? - had stayed behind and a good fraction of those needed to be rescued and provided for, but ample staging areas were just minutes away - by bass boat, if necessary.
The biggest similarity is that in both cases the emergency response is 'expected' to be instant, perfect, and complete, and any deviation from that is proof of gross mismanagement - or malice. Other notable similarities are that the local government is more a hindrance than a help, and that the victims were already in bad shape before the disaster.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-01-17 08:13|| 2010-01-17 08:13|| Front Page Top

#2 The nation has a long history of rule by dictators, political coups and savage violence.

New Orleans is different how?

Posted by Besoeker 2010-01-17 08:58|| 2010-01-17 08:58|| Front Page Top

#3 correction: it's DEMONRAT not Democrap.... although Democrap is also pretty good. (smiles)

Posted by Mike Hunt 2010-01-17 12:47|| 2010-01-17 12:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Both are right, Mike H -- regional variations is all.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-01-17 21:22|| 2010-01-17 21:22|| Front Page Top

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